Taking Liberties: National Barriers to the Free Flow of IdeasBloomsbury Academic, 1990 M02 15 - 173 pages A groundbreaking contribution to the literature of constitutional law, Taking Liberties is the first book to explore the ways domestic policies deny U.S. citizens access to international sources of information. Author Elizabeth Hull argues that such policies--which include limiting Americans' right to travel, censoring foreign documentaries, suppressing foreign literature considered politically objectionable, preventing controversial aliens from visiting the country, and restricting international scientific exchange--contravene the Constitution's First Amendment, which was designed to prevent government authorities from suppressing information bearing on public affairs. Hull challenges traditional judicial interpretations of First Amendment protection, asserting that in an era of global problems, constitutional protection must be extended to international sources of information that bear upon public issues. Written with a minimum of legal jargon, the volume is an ideal supplemental text for graduate and undergraduate courses in constitutional law. |
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... less pernicious because they do not throw bombs or run drugs.30 Should Soviet doctors who engage in psychiatric torture be allowed to come here , simply because they pose no direct threat to Americans ' own security ? Should leaders or ...
... less than his action , and Brennan scoffed at the majority's logic : " Under the Court's rationale , I would suppose that a forty - year prison sentence imposed upon a person who criticized the government's food stamp policy would ...
... less than distributors , might avoid any film categorized as political propaganda , especially viewers who did not live in a " sophisticated town " such as Washington , D.C. , where controversial films are common fare.82 She might have ...
Contents
The McCarranWalter Act and | 13 |
Federal | 53 |
The Foreign Agents | 85 |
Copyright | |
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Taking Liberties: National Barriers to the Free Flow of Ideas Elizabet Hull No preview available - 1990 |